Clasp attachment for buckles



- 1,596,289 C. MILLER CLASP ATTACHMENT FDR BUGKLES Filed Feb. 5, 1926 INVENTOR Qkuzur. e/s Lac theclip to thefront piece .so that the'buckle will be removably held onsthelfootwear. for" Patented Aug. 17, 1926.

- UNITED; STATES;

PATENT OFFICE;

CHARLES MILLER; 9 E 'ON ISLAN -"Q Y; E YOR OLASP' ATTACHMENT FOBflBUGKLEfi.

Application filed February This invention relates more. particularly to a class of fastening devices,

My invention has for its objectiprimari'ly' to provide a clasp attachment designedto beemployedion buckles especially those of ornamental types for enabling the' buckles to be mounted on' appropriate supports such as wor ne n s slippers, pumps and the like, and which is of a form wherebythe buckles may be. removed for permittingthe front pieces ofbuckles ofidifl'erent designs to be inter-a changeably .used' on the footwear sor. for al:

lowing the: buckles to be rernoved so thatl overshoes may be worn onthe. footwear. 1 as; occasionrequlres;

The invention-contemplates the provision of two spaced-rods having oneof theirirends integrally. formed inthe fashion: of assube.

pumps and slippers for women. Thearods or legmernbers of the lcliplmay be crimped to provide teeth, andon theale'g .inemhers of the clip is a removablesupport'for :being mountedon thefootwean The support has--v a tubular member through which the. .rods; or legs of. the .clip are Y slidably. disposed.

On the -wall ofthev tubular member may be provided teeth for engaging lithenteeth.

of the clip to preventnthe frontipiece from. accidentally. movingizthereon', and.

means is provided. for-.detachably fastening:

the other I ends of. the 1 rods or; looped end of.

interchangeable use when desired.

A further .ob 'ect of the invention 'isito'. provide a clasp attachment; forcbuckless of a simple, efficient anddurable construction which may be made in appropriatezisizesiand,

' 1 mately Ursha-ped strap 21 which provides a shapes. 7 g

With' these and; other Ohj6GllST1I1.VleW, thB

invention will be hereinafter more. tully de-H;

scribed with reference: to the: accompanying drawing forming. a partgof i-this specification in which similarcharactersof reference i-n.'-.

'Inthe drawing Figure 1 is a rear elevasztionof. the front piecelof -.a'bu.ck-le-:withi one mm. Serial nmsami form, of I my improved clasp attachment applied thereto.

V Fig. 2=is an-enlarged sectional view, partly inadet'ai-LL taken on the line; of'Fig'. 1,! an

Fig.3 is an enlarged sectionalview taken on theline 3sr'3-offFig. 1.

The device or clasp attachment has "a clip lO which may be a form including two spaced springrrods 11," 12 or the clip may he suhstantially urshaped', as shown, so that the ro'ds 11, 12 serve as the legs of the clip,

andathe 3' oined end portions of the legs of the clipprovidea spring-loop, as 13. The free ends of the legs 11, 1210f the u-shaped clip: arebent inwardly toward each other. These bent ends are rotatively disposed in the ends ofan eye, as llg which extend from. the central part of the upper end of afrontpiece-15 of a buckle 16 for hinging the clip to the front piece, and the bentend portions of the-legs of the clip under the eye'14 are strapped-together; as atlGk The frontrpiece 15 or:orr'l'amental part proper of the buckle may be of a plain or fanciful design, such aswused on the fronts of-the Vamps of slippers, pumps and like: footwearj worn .by women. The clip 10 ispre'ferably. ofa length so that its looped-end 13 terminates proximity to the lower edge of the front'piece lfi. The clip maybe swung on its: hinge toward and f-romthe rear face of the front piece' of the'huckle, and the central portions of .both of the legs 11, 12 of theclip maybe respectively crimped to pro? videiteeth; as 17', 18',the teethfof each leg being :alinedwith the teeth of the other leg.

Sli'dably adjustable on the yieldingflegs 11,.12of. the clip .10 is a support 19 for (ice tachably mounting the front piece 15 on footwear. 2 The support 119 is preferably in the formrof a substantially rectangular plate 20; and protrudingfrom the central part I otuoneface of this plate is an approxie formed with-the'pla'te by slitting the central parts of the. crosswise in. proximityito its ends; and the "part ofthe plateembraced be; tween :the slits is struck outwardly in the fashion-of a U." The. passage2-2 isv there by of somewhat a rectangular: shape and is providedson'one' face of the plate'QO'. The.

legs of the clip are disposed through the passage with the end walls of the passage in movable contact with the legs for mounting the support on the clip. The rectangular passage is of a width for yieldingly holding the legs of the clip in determined spaced relation, and when the legs of the clip are of forms having the teeth 17, 18, on the end walls of the rectangular passage 22 of the plate 20 of the support 19 are provided two teeth, as 23, 24-, which protrude inwardly of the passage, and these teeth are in releasable engagement with the crimps or teeth 17, 18 of the legs of the clip. The plate 20 of the support 19 is somewhat less than the lengths of the portions of the legs 11, 12 of the clip 10 between the loop 13 and strap 16 of the legs so that the front piece of the buckle with the clip. may be slidably adjusted upwardly and downwardly relative to the support. There may be a sufhcient number of pairs of the teeth 17, 18 on the legs of the clip for allowing a number of adjustments of the front piece and clip to be made with respect to the support 19 for permitting the buckle to be suitably positioned on the footwear, as will be later explained.

In the plate 20 of the support 19 at the lower end of the passage 22 are a number of spaced holes 25, and in the plate at the upper end of the passage are also a number of holes 26 for allowing the support to be stitched to the vamp of a slipper. Serving as means to permit the second end of the clip 10 to be detachably fastened to the front piece 15 of the buckle on the central part of the lower end of the front piece is a pin, as 27, having its shank of a length so that its head 28 is spaced from the front piece. The head 28 of the pin is partly spherical in shape, and the head is of a size somewhat larger than the width of the loop 13 of the U-shaped clip 10. The pin 27 is also positioned for being received in the loop of the clip. When the device is applied to 'a "slipper or pump the support 19 is secured on the vamp of the footwear by stitching th plate 20 through the holes 25,

.26 to the vamp after removal of the support from the front piece 15 by removing the loop from the pin 27 and then slidably moving the clip 10 out of the passage 22 of the plate 20 of the support. The front piece of the buckle is subsequently remounted on the support 19 by the clip being .inserted through the passage 22 of the support, and the looped end of theclip is sprung over the head 28 of the pin 27 of the front piece for mounting the buckle on the support. By then suitably adjusting the front piece and clip on the support the front piece will be releasably held against accidental movement by the teeth 23, 24 of the support engaging the proper pair of the teeth 17, 18 of the legs of the clip. l/Vhen desired the buckle may be interchangeably used with buckles of other forms which are also provided with the clasp attachment.

In the foregoing description, I have embodied the preferred form. of my invention, but I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself thereto, as I am aware that modifications may be made therein without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention, therefore, I reserve to myself the right to make such changes asfairly fall within the scope thereof.

Having thus I described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent V 1. A clasp attachment for buckles having a front piece, comprising two spaced crimped rods having one of their ends hinged to the rear face of the front piece, a support having a tubular member slidably adjustable on the rods and the tubular member having teeth releasably engaging a number of the crimps of the rods, and means for detachably fastening the other nd of the rods to said front piece.

2. A clasp attachment for buckles having a front piece, comprising a substantially U- shaped clip having the free ends of its leg members hinged to the rear face of the front piece, a separate support having a tubular member through which the legs of the clip are disposed, and means on the rear fac of the front piece for being engaged by the looped end of the clip to detachably 100 clamp the clip and front piece together.

3. A clasp attachment for buckles having afront piece, comprising: a substantially U- shaped clip having toothed leg members and the free ends of. its leg members hinged 1 to the rear face of the front piece, a support having a tubular member slidably atjustable on the legs of the clip and the tubular member having teeth releasably engaging a number of the teeth of the legs of the 1- clip, and means on the rear face of the front piece for being engaged by the looped end of the clip to detachablyclamp the clip and front piece together.

4:. A clasp attachment for buckles having 1 a front piece, comprising a substantially U- shaped yielding clip having the free ends of its leg members hinged to the rear'face of the front piece, a supporting plate having on one of its faces means providing a 1 passage through which the legs of the clip are disposed, and a pin with a head projecting from the rear face of the front piece for being received in the looped end of the clip to detachably clamp the clip and front 1 piece together.

7 5. A clasp attachment for buckles having a front piece, comprising a substantially U- shaped clip having toothed leg members and the free ends of the leg members hinged 130 to the rear face of the front piece, a supporting plate having on one of its faces means providing a passage through Which the legs of the clips are disposed and the Wall of the passage having teeth releasably engaging a number of the teeth of the legs of the clip, and a pin With a head pr0ject ing from the rear face of the front piece for being received in the looped end of the clip to detachably clamp the clip and front piece together. 7

6. A clasp attachment for buckles, in combination with a front piece having hinged to its rear face one of the ends of two spaced toothed rods, a supporting plate having on one of its faces a strap member providing a passage through which the rods are removably disposed and the Wall of the passage having teeth in removable engagement with the teeth of the rods, and means 2 for detachably clamping the other ends of the rods and front piece together.

This specification signed this 2nd day of February, A. D. 1926.

CHARLES MILLER. 

